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Nolina cismontana
Also called Chaparral Beargrass, Chaparral Nolina, Peninsular Nolina
Peninsular beargrass is a rare, dioecious shrub-like plant from dry chaparral and coastal sage scrub in Southern California, growing with a rosette of long, narrow leaves. It is a fire-follower that blooms prolifically after wildfire and needs protection from habitat loss.
Nolina cismontana, the chaparral beargrass, chaparral nolina, California beargrass, Peninsular beargrass, or peninsular nolina, is a rare species of flowering plant of the Peninsular and Transverse Ranges in California. It is endemic to (known from) only four counties in Southern California: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura Counties. There are perhaps 15 to 17 occurrences in existence, with a total population estimated between 10,000 and 20,000.
This species, previously classified as a subspecies of Nolina parryi, was elevated to species status in 1995. The type specimen is from Trabuco Canyon. The two species differ in morphology as well as habitat and ecology.
Nolina cismontana occurs in coastal mountain ranges in dry chaparral and coastal sage scrub habitat on rocky sandstone and gabbro substrates. By contrast, N. parryi is more often found in woodlands on granite soils.
Nolina beldingii · Bigelow's nolina · Britton's beargrass · Foothill beargrass · Woodland beargrass · Dehesa beargrass · Devil's shoestring · Sacahuista · Blue Beargrass · Parry's beargrass · Texas sacahuista · Beargrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nolina cismontana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
